Great shot via Flickr. What a massive brass era hearse - look at that coach lamp size!
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Mike Burkhart - Deceased 1948 - 2016
December 30, 1948 - October 21, 2016
Looking at the shape of the hood and radiator, it could be a Packard chassis. No idea on the body builder.......
Definitely agree it looks to be a horse drawn hearse, but no idea who the coachbuilder is. The knurled-looking column design isn't like any I remember seeing before.
Gregg D. Merksamer
PCS Life Member / PCS Publicity Chairman / PCS Ele
GENTLEMEN! How could you have forgotten this very same photo was also published on page 11 of Tom McPherson's "Black Book" AMERICAN FUNERAL CARS & AMBULANCES SINCE 1900? According to his caption, this was one of the first motorized hearses operated in Chicago, created for F.F. Roberts circa 1909 by mounting an old horse-drawn hearse body onto a White steam car chassis. Were this a Packard, the top of the radiator opening wouldn't be straight, but would have an arch like the outer shell.